THE MORNING BRIEFING: Coronavirus is the new Y2K.

Some common sense to counter the hype; read it all.

2020 DEMOCRAT PARTY PLANS reflect the party of the ‘professional class’ where the phrase 'professional class' roughly means relatively wealthy, virtue-signaling hypocrites.

Deplorables not included....

THE 'CANCEL CULTURE' STRIKES MSNBC: Has Chris Matthews been purged?

[UPDATE] Yes.

[SECOND UPDATE] From Instapundit, "He's not crazy enough for them (MSNBC)."

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES explains the Sanders campaign:

Now go see the rest. They're good this week.

KEEP SENATOR BELFREY BERNIE in the Senate where he belongs - doing nothing.

THE NANNY STATE IS RUNNING AMOK AGAIN: New York's plastic-bag ban frustrates many shoppers.

I was going to suggest some entrepreneur sell them on Amazon, then noticed in the comments that it's already being done.

TRUMP PROMISED TO BLOW UP WASHINGTON; Bernie Sanders promises to blow up America.

I prefer Trump's approach. Nukes are tempting....

RANDOM THOUGHT: The more I listen to Bernie, the more he sounds like a broken record. "TAX THE RICH! ... Tax the rich! ... tax the rich! ... tax.... "

IS SMOKING back in style?

COUNTERING THE DEMOCRAT/MSM NARRATIVE^* ON CORONAVIRUS: When all else fails, try reason.

^*Never let a crisis go to waste - even if you have to manufacture one.

THE NEWS BEFORE ITS TIME: Buttigieg forced to drop out after being outed as a white male.

MAYBE THAT CORONAVIRUS ISN'T SUCH A BAD THING AFTER ALL: Adviser to Iran's Supreme leader dies from coronavirus. Other top officials infected as well.

THE CORONAVIRUS is merely a short-term irritation;

the congressvirus is the real long-term threat.

I KNEW I LIKED TENNESSEE: Tennessee lawmakers advance measure to designate CNN, Washington Post as 'fake news' outlets.

AND YOU THOUGHT BIDEN HAS LOST HIS WAY: Bernie Sanders accidentally boards wrong private jet.

CALIFORNIA NANNIES TO DEPARTMENT STORES: Thou shalt have no boys nor girls departments.

California would be in a much better place if its legislators were required to spend 4 out of 5 legislative days cleaning up feces and needles from the streets of its major cities (while living in their tent cities).

DISNEY: "[W]e’re a forward-thinking company on the right side of history in most English-speaking markets."

Yes, it's the Babylon Bee.

BUT, BUT ... ACCORDING TO BERNIE, THEIR FAIR SHARE IS 100%: The top 1% of income earners paid more taxes than the whole bottom 90%.

INSTAPUNDIT: preparing for coronavirus.

There was a time, many moons ago, when Scientific American was a highly respected general science magazine. Alas, that time has passed.

COULDN'T HAPPEN TO A MORE DESERVING COUNTRY: Iran's theocracy is in denial about the coronavirus threat.